Power plant · Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
East Fulwood Greenock Road - Solar Farm
East Fulwood Greenock Road - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 14.3 MW of capacity, operated by Springfield Limited and Aggreko.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Renfrewshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Site Between Nether Southbar And East Fulwood Greenock Road, Inchinnan, PA4 9LX | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 24 Jan 2023 (permit 22/0582/PP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Renfrewshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 18 Aug 2022 (reference 22/0582/PP, planning authority Renfrewshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 24 Jan 2023 (granted, reference 22/0582/PP, planning authority Renfrewshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Springfield Limited (Springfield Limited / Aggreko) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Aggreko (Springfield Limited / Aggreko) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 14.3 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 41 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.8785, -4.4658 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Renfrewshire, reference 22/0582/PP)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Renfrewshire, reference 22/0582/PP)
How it compares
East Fulwood Greenock Road - Solar Farm is the 658th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,150th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 14.3 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 658th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,150th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,585th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 25 substations, 16 grid connections (9 operating, 223 MW) and 5 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strathleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 14 km |
| Auchincarroch (GEN464G2) grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 14 km |
| Blairlinnans Primary | Substation | — | — | 18 km |
| Killearn Primary | Substation | — | — | 20 km |
| Ross Priory Hydro grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Planned | 20 km |
Operators and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.